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Earthquake caused two spans to slip off supporting columns 0 killed, 6 injured Two vehicles drove into the opening left by collapsed span Steel cables added to anchor replacement spans to support columns Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Kansas City, Missouri: United States 17 July 1981: Double-deck suspended footbridge in hotel interior
A lighthouse that was the site of a walkway collapse that injured 11 people will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time, according to the group that maintains the structure. Friends of ...
Canterbury Television Building collapse: Christchurch, South Island New Zealand: Commercial building: 115 dead (collapsed during earthquake) 2011: Kutai Kartanegara Bridge Collapse: Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia: Bridge: 20 dead, 39 injured 2011 O'key hypermarket collapse Saint Petersburg, Russia Shopping mall 1 dead, 17 injured 2012
Investigators found that the collapse was the result of changes to the design of the walkway's steel hanger rods. The two walkways were suspended from a set of 1.25-inch-diameter (32 mm) steel hanger rods, [20] with the second-floor walkway hanging directly under the fourth-floor walkway. The fourth-floor walkway platform was supported on three ...
The collapse of the bridge happened at low tide and caused some of the victims to fall eight to ten feet, and they landed in a somewhat rocky mudflat below, Cummings said.
What causes earthquakes? Earthquakes occur when the plates that make up the Earth's crust move around. These plates, called tectonic plates, can push against each other.
An earthquake at 8:32:11 am PDT (UTC−7) on May 18, 1980, [3] caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, a sector collapse which was the largest subaerial landslide in recorded history. [4]
The defect that can cause single-family houses to collapse has received little attention until now. Some California homeowners will soon be able to apply for grants to help pay for the retrofit.